Training:

Family & Caregiver Course

Jul 15
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 – 11:00pm
11:00pm - 1:00pm

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Date and time: July 15 - August 20, 11:00am- 1:00pm PDT

Location: Online
Free & Web-Based for Oregon Parents!
  • All current classes are offered via Zoom and generously funded by the Oregon Health Authority.


Classes are facilitated by expert trainers certified by Think:Kids
  • Learn the Collaborative Problem Solving® approach & effective ways to reduce conflict
  • Build skills & confidence in using the CPS approach
  • Network & share information about community resources
  • Develop new understanding of challenging behavior & learn new ways to help your child
  • Rethink conventional approaches to behavioral difficulties and strengthen relationships
  • Gain support from other parents, grandparents, foster parents, and caregivers


The CPS Approach
The Collaborative Problem Solving® approach is an evidence-based method to managing challenging behavior that promotes the understanding that challenging kids lack the skill - not the will - to behave; specifically, skills related to problem-solving, flexibility and frustration tolerance.
Unlike traditional models of discipline, the CPS approach avoids the use of power, control and motivational procedures and instead focuses on collaborating with the child/ youth/ young adult to solve the problems leading to challenging behavior and building the skills they need to succeed.

This class runs on Tuesday midday from 11AM to 1PM on the following dates:
  • 7/15/2025 - First Class
  • 7/22/2025
  • 7/29/2025
  • 8/5/2025
  • 8/12/2025
  • 8/20/2025 - Last Class

Register Here!


This training is hosted and presented by Collaborative Problem Solving® Parent Class for Foster & Adoptive Families

Location:

Online Training

See description for registration instructions.

Class Instructor

Kate O'Kelley - Kate O’Kelley fell into the world of foster care after stepping away from teaching elementary school in 2001. As happens, she’s found it hard to leave; supporting youth in care and the parents and service providers caring for them brings her great joy. Since becoming a certified trainer in Collaborative Problem Solving® in 2015, Kate has helped parents, teachers, and service providers learn the model and has led foster care agencies in their efforts to implement the model within their programs.

Kate runs Lionheart Speaks, LLC, where she provides coaching, consultation and training for families and systems supporting people with behavioral challenges. She has a Master of Arts in Psychology: Child, Couple and Family Therapy, and has had the most fun when she gets to weave poetry, art, and horses into her work.